Area 140
Main Information
| Area ID | 140 |
| Site |
Cave of Lakes at Kastria |
| Area type | cave or rockshelter |
| Area NR | |
| Period | Central and Southern Greece, Cyclades/Alram-Stern 1996: Late Neolithic II Central and Southern Greece, Cyclades/Alram-Stern 1996: Chalcolithic/Final Neolithic |
| Dating method | material culture radiocarbon dating |
| Radiocarbon dated | yes |
| Earliest date: Lab Number | |
| Earliest date: 14C age (BP) | |
| Earliest date: Calibration | yes |
| Earliest date: 14C age calibrated (BC) | |
| Earliest date: Date of calibration | None |
| Earliest date: Standard deviation | None |
| Earliest date: Delta 13C | None |
| Earliest date: Dated by | |
| Latest date: Lab Number | |
| Latest date: 14C age (BP) | |
| Latest date: Calibration | yes |
| Latest date: 14C age calibrated (BC) | |
| Latest date: Date of calibration | None |
| Latest date: Standard deviation | None |
| Latest date: Delta 13C | None |
| Latest date: Dated by | |
| Period Reference | |
| Comment | |
| Settlement type | None |
| Settlement structure | |
| Settlement building type | |
| Settlement building shape | |
| Settlement building technique | |
| Settlement archaeological features | |
| Cave/rockshelters type | cave |
| Cave/rockshelters: Evidence of graves/human remains | |
| Cave/rockshelters: Evidence of occupation |
clay structure hearth |
| Quarry exploitation type | None |
| Quarry raw material | |
| Cemetery/graves topography | |
| Cemetery/graves mortuary features | |
| Grave: number of graves | 1 |
| Grave type |
pit grave |
| Grave: type of human remains |
inhumation |
| Grave: estimated number of individuals | 1 |
| Grave: age groups | |
| Grave: sexes | |
| Grave: number of female sex | None |
| Grave: number of male sex | None |
| Grave: number of not specified sex | None |
| Grave: disturbance of graves | |
| Description | Large pieces of unbaked or semibaked clay were found inside the cave and seem to belong to a floor or a roof of a kiln. The burial was found along the wall of the natural rock. The individual was buried on his back and had stones put around his body. A few sherds, obsidian and flint were found beside the remains and could have saved as a kind of grave good. In the Middle Bronze Age and Mycenaean period the cave was used for burials as well. Seven individuals were packed into a niche near the rocky wall. |
| Comment |
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